Support for curtains and draperies



H. 0. WOLFF. SUPPORT FOR CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES. APPLICATION FILEDMAYI3, 1921.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

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liu/erworr Harry Oil/0W H. O. WOLFF. SUPPORT FOR CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. 192i.

fiarry 0 we By V a rttorney Patented (Jet. 31, 1922.

HiiBEY 0. WOLFE, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT FOR CURTAINS AND 'DBAPERIES.

Application filed May 13,

To all whom it may oonoern- Be it known that I, HARRY O. VVOLFF, acitizen. of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements ina Support for Curtains and Draperies, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in supports for window curtainsand draperies, and t consists in certain peculiarities of theconstruction, novel arrangement and combination of the various partsthereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specificallyclaimed.

The principal object of my present .inven tion, is to provide means forsupporting, at windows, one or more curtains or drapes, Which supportingmeans shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durableandetficientin operation, with its parts so made, arranged andcooperating with one another as to permit it to be easily mounted orplaced in position onthe window-casing or wall. or to be readily removedthcretrom.

Another objectis to furnish a support of the above named generalcharacter, which may include one or more longitudinally adjustablesectional rods or bars for the purpose of adapting them for use inconnection with window casingsof different widths, as well as, foreasily inserting the sections thereof in the loops or hems of thecurtains or drapes, with which the same are generally provided at theirupper ends for such purpose. 1

Still another object is to furnish a curtain or drape support ofsuchconstruction and arrangement of its parts, that whenmounted, or inoperative position, they will interlock wi'h one another in such a wayas to prevent accidental dislocation, and besides, will occupy suchpositions as to present great resistance against vertical stress orstrain, thereby aitordinp; a strong and secure support for heavydrapery,it use of the same is desired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be obvious from thefollowing description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate an embodiment ofthe in vention- Fig. 1 1s a plan view of a support constructed accordingto the invention, showpartly window casing.

1921. semi No. 469,104.

ing the parts thereof broken for the convenience of illustration.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a strip of metal from which one of thesupporting brackets of the device is made.

Flg. 3 is a detached perspective view of one of said supportingbrackets. 1

Fig. 4; is a plan or face view of a blank piece of metal out of whichone oi the interlocking members or plates of the device is made. i

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view, of one of the interlockingmembers or plates.

Fig. is a view partly in section and 1n elevation taken on line 6-6 of F1g; 1 looking in the direction indicated by the. arrows. I

F ig. 7 isan enlarged sectionallview taken on line 77;o:t Fig. 1, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of afragment of a modified form of oneotthe curtainsupportinp; tubes orv rods.

Corresponding numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout thediiterent views Of the drawings.

The numeral 10 designates a portion of an uprlghtsupport such as a wallor window casing on which my improved support is shown as being mountedby means of a supporting bracket located near the upper end ot thewindow casing near eachside thereof. These supporting brackets arepractically counter-parts of one another, and by reversing them are madein right and lei't "forms, or so that certain parts of one of thebrackets will extend towards the other bracket when said brackets areproperly positioned on the window frame or casino. I

As the brackets are substantially counterpartsoi one another, adescription of one of? them is deemed suiiicient.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, itwill be seen that the supporting; bracket, which. is designated as awhole by the numeral 1.1 consists of an: elongated body 12 provided neareach of its ends with an opening 13 for the reception.

of: screws or the like used in securing; the body 12 thereof on the wallor side of the The body 12 has extended tr'rom one of its side edges an;arm 1 and from its other side edge another arm 15, which latter arm isconsiderably longer than the arm 1%. These arms are bent on the lines16, see Fig. 2 ,uso as to extend at right cntly explained.

angles yet in parallelism with one another from the face of the body 12,as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1 and-3 of thedrawings. The free end portions of each of the arms I l and 15 of thebracket are bent in the same direction on the transverse lines 17, see'2, thus furnishing each of the arms 14 and 15 with a laterally disposedflange 18. see Figs. 1, 3 and 7 oi" the drawings.

iVhen'the brackets 11 are mounted in their operative positions as shownin 1, it is obvious that the arms 1% and 15oF: each bracket well as theflanges 18 on said arms will present tl' ir ed es vertical y. thusaffording great streng h or resistance against l pressure or stress. Itwill also ed in Figs. 1 and 3, that the arms i i: of the bi ckets 11 arelocated on-t-he adjacent edges of the body 12 of said brackets while thearms 15 thereol. are located at the opposed edges of said brackets.Furthermore, it 'i' l be observed "that the arms 14 are much shorterthan the arms 15, which construction is for the purpose to be pres- Therods or bars which support the curtains or drapes are by preference eachmade of two sections 19 and 20,'which are adapted to telescope with oneanother at their adjacent ends so as to be longitudinally adjust-- ableto adapt them for use in connection with the arms of supporting brackets11, when said brackets are disposed at greater or less distance apart asmay be required by window frames of different widths. The outer end ofeach of the sections of each supporting rod is formed with an elbow 21the free end of each of which is extended at substantially a right angleto main portions oi the sections 19 and 20 oi the supporting rodor bar.

As will be clearly seen in Figs. 1, 6 and 7,

andreadily undersood, each of the sections 1.9 and 20 of each of thesupporting rods is formed oi. a cross-sectionally elongated piece ofmetal which, when the bar is in operative position presents its edgesvertically. At each of its edges each of the sections 19 and 20 isprovided with an inturned flange 22 which flanges by preference are coextensive with said sections and are employed for the purpose ofaiiording telescopic connections between the adjacent end portions ofthe sections, for giving additional strength to the supporting bars orrods and for providing a socket at the outer end of each of the sectionsoi each rod for the reception and retention of a member 23 whichco-operate with the outer ends of the supporting rods and with the arms14 and 15 and flanges 18 on said arms of the supporting brackets forinterlocking engagement therewith. Each of the interlocking n'ieinbersis designated as a whole by the numeral 23 and is formed. ot a blankpiece of metal substantially L-shaped or angular when viewed in plan aswill be readily understood by reference to l ig. 4 of the drawings.

Each of the members 23 is provided at one of its ends by bending thestrip of metal on the dotted lines 24, see Fig. 4t, with an upturnedflange or hook 25 to engage the lower edge of one of the arms l-l or 15of one of the supporting brackets 11 as will be pres ently explained.The interlocring membcrs 2%, like the supporting brackets 11, arepractically counterparts of one another er;- cept that they are made inrights and hits, that to say the members 23 employed at the left handends oi. the suppoi lg rods have their flanges or books extendedupwardly ale the sides of the members 23 adjacent the arms and 15 of thesupport-- ing brackets with which arms they are adapted to engage, whilethe -embers 23 employed the right hand ones of the supg rods have th irhooks or flan s 25 disposed along the surfaces oi said in a liacent thearms 1%. and 15 oi the supporting brackets with which arms theyinterlock. By reference to Figs. 5, it will be seen and understood thatthe body each of the 1ne1nbers23is provided with a cutaway portion 26 inthe edge. of the longitudinally disposed arm 27 of said member of thebar and the members 23 which t carries, vertically above the arms, forinstance, those indicated the numeral M and on the adjacent sidesthereofwhen by interposing the members 23 between the flanges .lS on said armsand the wall in which operation the hooks 25 are. disposed below thelower edges of the arms 14, and then by turning the bar outwardly fromthe wall the hooks 25 will be caused to engage the lower edges of thearms 14 and the recesses in the arms 27 will be caused to receive andengage the upper edges of the flanges 18 and thus support the rod or barin a horizontal position.

In order to more securely fasten thearms .bers

which is tortuous or serpentine in form. By this arrangement it ismanifest that after a member 23 has been inserted in one of the endsockets of the supporting bar, the metal bar can. be crimped against therib 28 which will prevent the accidental withdrawal of said plate fromits socket.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings, is shown a fragment of one of the sections ofa modified form of the supporting bars for curtains or drapes whichconsists in employing tubular sections 29 which telescope with oneanother at their adjacent ends. In this modification the outer end ofeach section 29 is provided. with a vertically disposed flattened socket30 having in the upper portion of its inner surface a longitudinallyextended groove 31 to receive the tortuous and similarly extended rib 28on one of the interlocking members 23, which member is inserted in thesocketed portion 30 of the modified form of the supporting rod.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is In a device of the class described, thecombination with a pair of suitably mounted and spaced supportingbrackets, each consisting of a securing body having extended from one ofits faces at a right angle there i.

to a pair of spaced arms of unequal length, each arm having at theextreme outer portion of the free end thereof and on corresponding sidesand spaced from said body a lateral projection the shorter arms of saidbrackets being located adjacent one another, of an interlocking memberconsisting of a flat elongated body having a hook at one end of itslower edge to engage the lower edge of one of the arms of said bracketbetween its lateral projection and said body, a sectional longitudinallyadjustable supporting bar having its outer ends deflected in the samedirection from the body of the bar and each provided with a socket toreceive the outer ends of the interlocking members on the longer arms ofsaid brackets and a sectional longitudinally adjustable supporting barhaving its outer ends deflected in the same direction from the body ofthe bar and each provided with a socket to receive the outer ends of theinterlocking members on the shorter arms of said brackets, the deflectedend portions of the bars being of equal length.

HARRY O. WOLFE

